Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Laing, Elder Street, Edinburgh, who went to Orkney for this purpose, at the request of Mr Farrer. The inscriptions and casts were compared on the spot, and thereafter lithographs of the inscriptions were collated, with the casts by Mr Stuart, who kindly undertook, and ably performed this laborious task.
